A couple set up a dedicated vacation savings account with $50 weekly contributions to see what they could actually afford without debt. Checking the balance regularly gave them control and clarity, replacing uncertainty with the confidence to spend without guilt.
The very first account that Kris and I set up was a vacation account. I call them clarity accounts. And it was something we always talked about, can we really afford this vacation? Can we not? And we'd rank up credit card debt we pulled from different accounts. But we set up an account just for vacations and started saving. I think in the beginning, it was $50 a week. We log in to that account and know exactly what we can do or couldn't do. And when you know what you can do or can't do, that's control. That's financial independence.
